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Cisco is buying Duo Security, a vendor of cloud-based two-factor authentication services, for $2.35B in cash — Cisco today announced its intent to buy Ann Arbor, MI-based security firm, Duo Security. Under the terms of agreement, Cisco is paying $2.35 billion in cash and assumed equity awards for Duo.
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The Duo Blog, Cisco, SiliconANGLE, Cisco Blog, CNBC, MarketWatch, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal, Crain's Detroit Business, VentureBeat, ITworld.com, Financial Times, and True Ventures
Tweets: @duosec, @startupmjackson, @om, and @ekp
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Microsoft Surface Go review: thin and light with a gorgeous display, but its performance is wanting and there's a lack of great Windows tablet apps — The Surface Go is Microsoft's smallest and cheapest tablet yet, with specs that would make hardware nerds laugh.
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The Verge, VentureBeat, Windows Central, Gizmodo, Gizmodo, PCWorld, The Verge, ZDNet, Thurrott.com, CNET, TechCrunch, Business Insider, and Global
Tweets: @maryjofoley and @backlon
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says apps and in-app purchases for macOS and iOS will be removed from its affiliate program on October 1; music, movies, books, and TV will remain — Apple announced in an email to publishers this evening that it is making changes to its iTunes Affiliate Program.
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TouchArcade, Engadget, Affiliate Resources, Inquirer, The Verge, The Register, 512 Pixels, Cult of Mac, SlashGear, AppleInsider, MacRumors, TechCrunch, and MAC blog
| Christopher Slowe / Reddit: |
Reddit says a few employees had their work accounts hacked via 2FA SMS intercepts, leading to a few systems being compromised and some user data leaking — TL;DR: A hacker broke into a few of Reddit's systems and managed to access some user data, including some current email addresses …
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Tweets: @trickfreee, @briankrebs, @oneunderscore__, @gossithedog, @justinazoff, @itsnicolenguyen, @ramriot, and @augustf
| New York Times: |
Facebook CSO Alex Stamos will join Stanford as an adjunct professor when he leaves the company on August 17; Facebook does not plan to appoint a successor — SAN FRANCISCO — When Facebook revealed on Tuesday that it had identified a political influence campaign ahead of the November midterm elections …
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Engadget, The Verge, The Register, Digital Trends, Metacurity, The Verge, Inquirer, Naked Security, Boing Boing, CNET, The Hill, The Interface, Washington Post, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Firstpost, Gizmodo, Fortune, Bloomberg, Axios, Business Insider, and Nextgov
Tweets: @alexstamos, @alexstamos, @smeetsmwe, @alexstamos, @sarahfrier, and @viacristiano
| Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: |
Icon found in iOS 12 beta shows an unreleased iPad with thin bezels, no Home button, or notch — We've been expecting an update to the iPad Pro line for later this year. Rumors suggest that the new version will have no home button, Face ID and thinner bezels, following the design trend introduced by Apple with iPhone X.
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Computerworld, CNET, Cult of Mac, Inquirer, MacRumors, The Verge, The Next Web, Softpedia News, Firstpost, Mashable, Neowin, AppleInsider, Engadget, and SlashGear
| Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News: |
Techmeme introduces ads under stories matching news topics that an advertiser wants to target, letting companies automatically “respond” to news — Today, Techmeme is introducing ads that are automatically placed under stories matching news topics that an advertiser wants to target.
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Adweek and TechCrunch
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
A federal jury in California orders Apple to pay $145.1M in damages to Canadian intellectual property company WiLan for infringing on two wireless patents — According to a report from Reuters this evening, a federal jury in California has found Apple guilty of infringing on two patents held …
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WiLAN, Reuters, CNET, Engadget, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Softpedia News, Fortune, iPhone Hacks, AppleInsider, and MacRumors
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Sources: Google is developing a news aggregation app for use in China that will comply with the country's strict censorship laws — Google is developing a news-aggregation app for use in China that will comply with the country's strict censorship laws, part of a plan to re-enter …
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TechCrunch, Fortune, Bloomberg, New York Times, SiliconANGLE, Beyond Search, Firstpost, and Tech in Asia
Tweets: @nickwingfield, @juroosawa, and @daithaigilbert
| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
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Tweets: @m_methuselah, @peterktodd, and @nitashatiku
| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Earnings statements from Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook and Microsoft show they are as strong as ever; the forces arrayed against them lack substantial impact — You may have heard that the tech giants are on their heels. — Over the last two years, lawmakers and the public around …
Tweets: @puiwingtam and @rasmus_kleis
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Spotify has removed some episodes of “The Alex Jones Show” for violating policies around hate speech, but the podcast is still available on the service — The music streaming service has been the target of public outrage for carrying Jones's show.
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Variety, BetaNews, HuffPost, KnowTechie, Gizmodo, getrevue.co, Mashable, Fortune, The FADER, Axios, Business Insider, New York Times, and Observer
Tweets: @therosshockman and @shannoncoulter
| Reuters: |
Apple is speaking with Chinese telecom firms to find ways to reduce spam messages, after state media alleged it was allowing illegal content on its platform — BEIJING (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is speaking with Chinese telecom firms to find ways to reduce spam received through its messaging service …
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The Verge, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, Tom's Guide, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, and Patently Apple
| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Chainalysis data: amount of Bitcoin the 17 largest crypto processing services received has declined from a peak of $412M in September 2017 to $69M in June 2018 — - Chainalysis study shows payment usage peaked in September — Merchants seeing more transactions for bigger-ticket items| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
As Facebook makes changes to its APIs, Twitter announces Tweets and Retweets will no longer automatically cross-post to Facebook — You can no longer automatically cross-post your tweets to Facebook . Twitter announced today that functionality is now coming to an end …
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ProgrammableWeb.com and Scripting News
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Sources: Amazon plans to completely move its infrastructure off Oracle's proprietary database software by the first quarter of 2020 — - Amazon has been moving off Oracle for several years and has plans to complete the transition next year, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Inquirer, The Register, SiliconANGLE, cloudpro.co.uk, CRN, and Light Reading. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Southeast Asian ride-hailing company Grab raises $1B from investors including OppenheimerFunds and Lightspeed, just over a month after raising $1B from Toyota — - OppenheimerFunds, Ping An Capital, Lightspeed joined round — Funding comes after Grab secured $1 billion from Toyota
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Financial Times, Fortune, TechCrunch, Reuters, Tech in Asia, PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, and Recode. Tweets: @jonrussell
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